In a nine-part series, author of Between the World and Me and certified genius Ta-Nehisi Coates expounds on the ways in which mass incarceration has impacted the black family. Coates explains how Moynihan’s misunderstood report on “The Negro Family” led to many of the criminal justice flaws we currently face. Coates offers a refreshingly nuanced contextualization of the Prison Industrial Complex. Read the full piece here on The Atlantic.
Blavity Must-read: Ta-Nehisi Coates Essay on the black family in the age of mass incarceration
October 16, 2015
